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Falkia Thunb.

Genus

Angiosperms > Solanales > Convolvulaceae

Characteristics

Prostrate perennial herbs. Leaves petiolate; blade oblong, orbicular or reniform, sometimes cordate. Flowers small, axillary. Sepals ovate, joined at the base. Corolla funnel-shaped, plicate, ± lobed, longer than the calyx. Ovary 4-lobed; each lobe with one ovule. Styles 2, gynobasic; stigmas capitate. Capsule 4-lobed; lobes subglobose, 1-seeded
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Ovary deeply 4-lobed with an ovule in each lobe, hairy; styles 2, gynobasic, almost equalling the corolla tube; stigmas capitate.
Sepals broad, ovate, forming a short tube, subequal, accrescent.
Corolla funnel-shaped, plicate, shortly and broadly 5-lobed.
Stamens 5, included; filaments linear, anthers oblong.
Leaves petiolate, oblong to oblong-lanceolate, entire.
Capsule 4-lobed; lobes subglobose, single-seeded.
Flowers small, solitary, axillary, peduncled.
Calyx shorter than the corolla tube.
Dwarf, prostrate perennial herbs.
Life form perennial
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Images

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Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:331608-2
WFO ID wfo-4000014578
COL ID 634YC
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Synonyms

Falkia

Lower taxons

Falkia oblonga Falkia canescens Falkia repens Falkia repens
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